Description: This piece is a quilted
patchwork collage of photo-silkscreened imagery. It
includes portions of an 1887 map of the state,
engravings of county courthouses from Sheriff's
letterheads, pieces of trademarks and labels,
writing from an 1804 map of Lewis and Clark's
route, a letter from the governor in 1869, and
excerpts from a broadsheet offering a reward for
the apprehension of men who deserted a schooner in
1846. The composition is suggestive of an old
saloon stage with mounted photographs of recorded
history dancing across a backdrop of the Oregon
Territory. The stage is flanked by images of the
trees, fish, and mountains that are so significant
to this region.